Historical Battle Illustrations

A collection of vintage illustrations depicting scenes from various historic battles, featuring infantry units and their heroic actions under fire.

Satire on the downside to being either tall or short Caption: Up last draft: "I suppose you 'as to be careful 'ow you looks over the parapet about 'ere' Out since Mons: You needn't worry me lad, the rats are going to be your only trouble" Bruce Bairnsfather loved to contrast the world-weary, hardened old hand who had been "Out since Mons" with the naive raw recruit. But his joke does stress two perennial problems for trench inhabitants- the danger from snipers (for

This illustration dates to around 1916. It shows Russian infantry advancing under fire during World War I.

Grenadier Guards at the Battle of Biddulph's Berg, May 29th 1900. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

Illustration by Francois Flameng of British military observation post in the Somme region, France. Vintage First World War illustration from L'Illustration journal universel, 1916

Satire on the downside to being either tall or short Caption: Up last draft: "I suppose you 'as to be careful 'ow you looks over the parapet about 'ere' Out since Mons: You needn't worry me lad, the rats are going to be your only trouble" Bruce Bairnsfather loved to contrast the world-weary, hardened old hand who had been "Out since Mons" with the naive raw recruit. But his joke does stress two perennial problems for trench inhabitants- the danger from snipers (for

At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, an Indian soldier stops to comfort a dying Highlander in the midst of battle, giving him some water to ease his pain. 22 May 1915

When the gun is fired two recruits fall over in fright. Part of a series of ca. 24 cartoons from 1828 on the imbalances within the Belgian militia due to the social inequality within the corps, after the reorganization introduced on April 11, 1827. Seventh Trial, 1828 7th Tribulation. Le 1er coup de feu ou les trois cartouches. a Anvers Cartoons on the imbalances within the Belgian militia, 1828 , print maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1828, paper, h 265 mm × w 222 mm

South America - 19th century - Giuseppe Garibaldi (Nice 1807 - Island of Caprera 1882) in South America.

Army Soldier fixing Jeep.

Republican No Pasaran poster, during the Spanish Civil War

Attack - American soldiers with fixed bayonets during the heat of battle in World War I

THE WAR IN THE EAST, WITH THE RUSSIANS ON THE DANUBE

Private J.Boyd of the Irish Guards single-handedly captures an enemy machine-gun. He is subsequently awarded the D.C.M.

Marines take Guadalcanal.

Painting depicting soldiers dying by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1865-1888) British artist. Dated 1880

World War 1 - German prisoners marching to their internment. (September 1916)

An act of heroism at the front Date: 1915

Netherlands, 1896 part 1. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Forbes-Robertson won the Victoria Cross saved the defence line by making a rapid reconnaisance on horse-back in full view of the enemy under machine gun and close range shell fire, as his own troops were falling back. When his horse was shot under him he continued on horseback. Later on the same day, troops on the left flank started to give way and he went to check and steady that line. Date: 15th June 1918

Engraving of a French World War One Soldier. Dated 1916.

The Tonkin Campaign (French: Campagne du Tonkin) was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. The campaign, complicated in August 1884 by the outbreak of the Sino-French War and in July 1885 by the Can Vuong nationalist uprising in Annam, which required the diversion of large numbers of French troops, was conducted by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, supported by the gunboats of the Tonkin Flotilla. The campaign officially ended in April 1886, when the expeditionary corps was reduced in size to a division of occupation, but Tonkin was not effectively pacified until 1896.

A machine gun emplacement in the old Verdun trenches - soldiers aiming a machine gun through a bunker window in World War I.

World War 1 - In the Forest of Delville English soldiers advance through the German positions with bayonettes at the ready. An English soldier is seen fighting hand-to-hand with a German soldier - from a painting by Simont, 1916.

"Forward, defend the Urals!", 1918. Poster by the Latvian artist Aleksandrs Petrovic Apsit (1880-1944). Author: Aleksandrs Petrovic Apsit (1880-1944). Latvian artist.

Gorelov, Rostislav Gavrilovich (1916-) State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow 1955 41x63 Watercolour, Gouache on Paper Soviet Art Russia History

Boer War: Siege of Ladysmith by Boers, 1 November 1899 - 28 February 1900: defending British troops in trenches fixing bayonets in preparation to repel attack.

Royal horse artillery dashing through Flanders; Belgium; World war One 1915

LUCHA ENTRE INDEPENDENTISTAS E INGLESES - EL 7 DE JULIO DE 1777 - GRABADO.

Catástrofe ferroviaria en el tunel de Pommeraye, choque de dos trenes de pasajeros en la linea del Este, entre las estaciones de Foulain y Vesaignes. Francia, grabado del Petit Journal del 22 mayo 1898.

The Battle at Minsk Chaussee near Moscow in 1941 by Ananyev, Mikhail Ananievich (*1925) State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow 1973 Oil on canvas 95x140 Russia Soviet Art History Painting

Civil War battle. Cabinet of American illustration . Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Commandos in Greenland Capture German Officer. This image depicts Army and Coast Guard Commandos as they capture Dr. Rolf Sensse of the German Navy in Greenland, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Millet Thomas.

Artwork: "Two Mounted Soldiers," World War I Artist: George Harding. Country: Unknown

World War I (1914-1918). Poster. 'Day of the African army and colonial troops' by Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). Paris, France.

KOSSAK Wojciech Grandson of those from Grochów and Stoczek legionary standing guard over prisoners Publishing House of Salon Polish Painters, Kraków

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Bersaglieri. Tiradores alpinos italianos. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

The Day of the Doughboy 1915 France. Color lithograph on cream wove paper laid down on linen . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

Go over the top with U. S. Marines - WWI USA Poster

Battlefield

Journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales - World War I French Poster

Help Us Win!.

Spanish-Moroccan soldiers land in Spain in support of the Nationalist uprising at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Dated 1936

Gang of the shepherds to the crib, inv,

France, 19th century. Parisian hunters (Les chasseurs parisiens). Caricature by Henri Gerard-Fontallard, from Aujourd'hui: Journal des modes ridicules, October 7, 1839.

Destruction of Water Tanks & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925, Military service, Weldon Railroad, 1860-1870, Railroad facilities, 1860-1870, Soldiers, 1860-1870, Fires, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Jarret's Station , Weldon Railroad Expedition, Weldon, Va, 1864.

English Attack on July 31, 1917; Advance at dawn, of the infantry who run infiltrating gaps between shell holes which form many small deep pools; right, two tanks', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Two soldiers (Who’s there?"). Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893), draughtsman, cartoonist

Artwork: "German Freight A Landslide From Yugoslavian Patriots", ink, 10"x 15". Artist: Herb Mott. Catalog Number: D.21.1.46. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Japanese troops at the Battle of Yalu River; 1904; was the first major land battle during the Russo-Japanese War.

Julian Fałat. unknown, photographer

(Nils) Otto (Gustaf) Nordenskjold 1869-1928) Swedish explorer and geologist, rescued from Antarctica in November 1903 by the Argentine vessel 'Uruguay'. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 6 December 1903.

Nationalist propaganda illustration depicting a lone soldier in a fortified bunker, during the Spanish Civil War 1938

Battle” from the Lithuania” Series Grottger, Artur (1837 1867)

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Sapeur de Chasseurs a pie. Grabado. Original por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Trench defences used as cover for advancing troops. French soldiers rolling sandbags before them when moving against the enemy during the First World War. From The Illustrated War News published 1915

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Siege of Paris 19 Sept 1870-28 Jan 1871. Arrival of the Garde Mobile to help defend Paris, September 1870. From a series of lithographs by Clement August Andrieux on the Gardes Nationales.

The partisans. Illustration for the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Serov, Vladimir Alexandrovich (1910-1968)

Francia. Músicos de tropas a caballo. Trompeta de Dragones de 1939. Colección editada por el comandante Eugène Louis Bucquoy (1879-1958). Año 1943. Author: Eugène Leliepvre.

Illustration depicting a golfer trying to get out of a bunker. Dated 19th century

' "Les bons ambassadeurs de la Republique"', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (Good ambassadors of the Republic).

A steam-powered vehicle is preceded by a man with a red flag, to warn everyone of the on-coming monster... Date: 1865

Wehrmacht soldiers in village

Zero Hour, 1918, by James Prinsep Beadle (1863-1947), oil on canvas, 107.9x185.4 cm. World War I, 20th century.

THE WAR IN EGYPT, THE OCCUPATION OF CAIRO

Cartoon, Holy France! A middle-aged soldier tells his colleague about his son, who is almost grown up at fifteen. He says that if someone in his family has to take a hit, it would be better for it to be the father rather than the son. Date: 1916

World War I, British tanks advancing towards German trenches near Cambrai, 1918

Netherlands, 1897. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Boer War: British soldiers tending the wounded Boers after a battle. Watercolour by H.M. Paget, 1900.

Scene at Chancellorsville during the battle, May 1st 1863. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2009. Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va, 1863, Troop movements, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Carts & wagons, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, Virginia, Chancellorsville

British troops see the Cross of Jesus in the sky over the trenches, and take it as a sign that God is on their side Date: 1916

Finland : Soviet aircraft attack a Finnish supply train of elk-drawn sledges : the Finnish troops themselves are on skis

Nazis march in Thuringia germany circa 1930-32

The Taking of Vimy Ridge 1917. Painted Richard Jack the official Canadian war artist.

Last Flight of a Messerschmitt at Salerno. This image depicts a German ME 109 crashing on the beach at Salerno during the American invasion, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist William Goadby Lawrence.

Illustration by Loys Petillot celebrating the struggle for liberty in Alsace & Lorraine at the end of world war Two. German soldiers salute a passing cart whose occupants are resistance fighters dressed in German uniforms

Traje de infantería del ejército español de Marruecos adaptado al clima de África de principios del siglo XX. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Death of Prince Józef Poniatowski unknown

ARTILLERIA BRITANICA CUBRE RETIRADA 1918 TRAS UNA OFENSIVA ALEMANA - PRIMERA GUERRA MUNDIAL. Location: MUSEE DE L'ARMEE. France.

Skirmishers of the French Imperial Army. Lithograph 1828.

Forward, to the defense of the Urals! . 1919. (Poster of A.V. Petrov.).

Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention. Poster showing a crowded scene at a Red Cross truck, with soldiers using supplies from boxes marked with the Red cross symbol. 1915.

Artwork: "The Sea Wall at the Eastern American Beach" Artist: Mitchell Jamieson Catalog Number: 227. Courtesy U.S. Navy Combat Air Center. Country: Unknown

Cavalry tank in action , Tanks Military science, Military personnel, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

World War I: an advanced dressing station on the Western Front. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.

'Sentimental ballad in the Canteen', German prisoners of war in Dinan, France, 1915, (1926). Artist: Maurice Orange

War drawing depicting an airplane, artillery gun, and soldiers by Edward Penfield.

World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg greatly weakened the Russian Army in the initial phases of the war. The growing influence of Gregory Rasputin over the Romanovs did a great deal to damage the royal family and by the end of the spring of 1917, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government. By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in those areas it controlled. The transition in Russia over the space of four years was remarkable - the fall of an autocracy and the establishment of the worlds first communist government.

Fame hovers over a makeshift grave on the former Western Front choosing an unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the tomb of the unknown warrior. 13 November 1920

Artwork: "Removal of Wounded from Air Base Ambulance" Artist: Lawrence Smith. Country: Unknown

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Poilu, sobrenombre del argot militar para referirse a los soldados franceses de infantería de la primera guerra mundial procedentes en su mayoría del medio rural. Grabado de 1916.

Un combat d'aéroplanes. Eau forte par Maurice Busset.. Busset, Maurice, 1879-1936. La Vaulx, Henry de, 1870-1930. Manuscripts, Portraits, Drawings, Prints. 1922. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. World War, 1914-1918, Paris (France), Airplanes, Hangars, Air bases

Italia. Portada de revista La Domenica del Corriere, editada en Milan, febrero de 1939. Avance del ejército franquista por los últimos reductos republicanos con el objetivo de ocupar Barcelona.

Dmitrievsky, Viktor Konstantinovich (*1923) State Central Military Museum, Moscow 1995 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History

NOVA SCOTIA, THERE HE IS! THE HUNT, HUNTING, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Artwork: "Briefing Bomber Pilots before a Mission" Artist: H. Recksiegel. Country: Unknown

Illustration showing the inspection of French scouts by Edward VIII (then Prince Edward), and General Louis Lyautey, a French Army general and colonial administrator. from a 1929 issue of 'Le Petit Journal.

Bayonet drill , Military personnel, Bayonets, Military training, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Bird catcher, hunting songbirds, in 1880, on the frozen Baltic Sea on the Pomeranian coast, Pomerania, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

LEGIONARIO EN EL ALCAZAR DE TOLEDO-GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. Author: ARTURO REQUE MERUVIA-KEMER-. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

World War I, The Tribune Graphic, top: 'French soldiers testing new apparatus for shooting liquid fire', bottom: British soldiers, after the capture of German trenches at St. Eloi, France, June 18, 1916.

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